Needle and The Damage Done

Shady Grove

Performed by:Gretchenman

My spin on an old favorite. DAD tuning with capo on the first fret (E minor).

My dulcimer is a Clemmer w/wormy chestnut top and black walnut back and sides.

Old Man

Will the Circle be Unbroken

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, Earl Scruggs, Chet Atkins

Hammered Ode to Joy

Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" played on the Hammered Dulcimer

Poncho and Lefty

Townes Van Zandy performing "Pancho & Lefty" in 1993 on TNN's "American Music Shop"






John Townes Van Zandt[1] (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997), best known as Townes Van Zandt, was a country-folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet. Many of his songs, including "If I Needed You," "To Live Is To Fly," and "No Place to Fall" are considered standards of their genre. AllMusic has called him "one of the greatest country and folk artists of his generation."

Buckwheat Zydeco

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Buckwheat Zydeco (born Stanley Dural, Jr. on November 14, 1947) is an American accordionist and zydeco performer. He is one of the few to achieve mainstream success.


In 1971, he founded Buckwheat & the Hitchhikers, a funk band that he led for five years before switching to zydeco. He began backing Clifton Chenier, one of the most legendary zydeco performers. He set out on his own with The Ils Sont Partis Band; they debuted with One for the Road in 1979 and were nominated for a Grammy Award for "Turning Point" and "Ya Ya" (1985) after switching to the Rounder Records label. He soon signed to Island Records, and became the first zydeco act on a major label, and released On a Night Like This, a critically acclaimed album that was nominated for a Grammy as well. The band soon appeared in The Big Easy.


During the 1990s, Buckwheat Zydeco was less commercially successful than before, and switched labels frequently. However, the band remains a popular live draw, and continues recording today. Buckwheat's latest album, Lay Your Burden Down, was released on May 5, 2009 on the Alligator Records label.


His especially powerful and haunting version of the classic "Cryin' in the Streets" appears on the benefit album for Hurricane Katrina recovery, "Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album for the Gulf Coast."

He Leadeth Me

"He Leadeth Me" New Hope Praise Team courtesy of Jamey Williams

How to play the Dulcimer

Nice little intro video on how to play the dulcimer.

How to Use the Bow when Playing the Fiddle

Learn about bowing and how to use the bow when playing the fiddle with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruction video clip.

Expert: David Kaynor

Contact: www.DavidKaynor.com

Bio: David Kaynor has over 30 years of fiddle playing experience. He currently teaches and plays the fiddle in the Connecticut River Valley.

The Differences between the Fiddle & the Violin

Learn about the basics of how to play the fiddle with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruction video clip.


Expert: David Kaynor
Contact: www.DavidKaynor.com
Bio: David Kaynor has over 30 years of fiddle playing experience. He currently teaches and plays the fiddle in the Connecticut River Valley.

Blue Moon Of Kentucky

Bill Monroe

How to Play the Fiddle : Playing Basic Notes

In this free video clip series, enjoy a fiddle lesson from our expert and learn how to hold the bow and fiddle, play beginner songs, and make notes. In this clip learn how to make notes on the fiddle. In this clip learn about making basic notes on a fiddle.


Expert: David Kaynor
Contact: www.DavidKaynor.com
Bio: David Kaynor has over 30 years of fiddle playing experience. He currently teaches and plays the fiddle in the Connecticut River Valley.

Hector The Hero - Jenna Reid with Aly Bain

Jenna Reid - fiddle
Aly Bain - fiddle
Phil Cunningham - piano
Jerry Douglas - dobro

Look At MIss Ohio

This is from a performance at St Luke's in London in 2004 recorded for broadcast on BBC4.

Rocky Top

The Osborne Brothers perform "Rocky Top."

Emmylou Harris - All My Tears

Emmylou Harris All My Tears written by Julie Miller

Daniel Lanois guitar/mandolin/bass
Malcolm Burn piano
Larry Mullen Jr drums
Daryl Johnson keyboard bass/vocal

Bm
When I go don't cry for me
D A Bm
In my fathers arms I'll be
Bm
The wounds this world left on my soul
D A Bm
Will all be healed and I'll be whole
Bm
Sun and moon will be replaced
D A Bm
With the light of Jesus' face
Bm
And I will not be ashamed
D A Bm
For my savior knows my name
Bm
It don't matter where you bury me
D A Bm
I'll be home and I'll be free
Bm
It don't matter where I lay
Bm A Bm
All my tears be washed away
Bm
Gold and silver blind the eye
D A Bm
Temporary riches lie
Bm
Come and eat from heaven's store
D A Bm
Come and drink and thirst no more
Bm
So weep not for me my friend
D A Bm
When my time below does end
Bm
For my life belongs to him
D A Bm
Who will raise the dead again
Bm
It don't matter where you bury me
D A Bm
I'll be home and I'll be free
Bm
It don't matter where I lay
Bm A Bm
All my tears be washed away



From Emmylou Harris "Wrecking Ball" CD
Asylum Records 1995
Tinkie Tunes

Gillian Welch - Rock of Ages

Great song with a "mountain feel" to it.  Fairly easy to learn to play.

Words and music: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

Album: Hell Among the Yearlings (1998)

Chords in brackets () are optional

Capo: first fret

Rock of Ages

Chorus:

A

Round round

(D)                (A)

Wanna go round

D

Wanna see the Rock of Ages

A                            (D)       (A)

When my body gives out

E                         A

Gonna read the final pages

A                          (D) (A)

Oh my mother is gone

D

She told me I should meet her

A                                (D) (A)

Some day streets of gold

E

Gonna guide me on

A

To greet her

Once my father sat down

And told me of the prophets

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

They're gone but not forgotten

Round round

Wanna go round

Wanna see the Rock of Ages

Till my body gives out

Gonna read the gospel pages

Moses heard a voice

It called him up the mountain

Forty days had set

When Moses come a-shouting

Chorus

Instrumental break

Round round

Wanna go round

Wanna see the Rock of Ages

Till my body gives out

Gonna read the gospel pages

Chorus

Amazing Grace on Dulcimer by NC hillbillies

By James Cagle and Eric Hurley.

James Cagle made his dulcimer for his school project.